M4.5 earthquake 31 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 31 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile on Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 10:20 AM GMT-3 (13:20 UTC), 38 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 51 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-03 13:20:21 UTC
- Depth
- 37.6 km (23.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.851° S, 71.355° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.151 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2085 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 17
- 4.933 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2083 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 3.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2078 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.528 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2058 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 6
- 4.636 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2047 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d591. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC.